Kaajushawa

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV	Kaajushawa
Brazilian standard	Kaajushaawa
New Tribes	Caajushaawa
historical ad hoc	Kahushawa

Alternative forms

Kajushawa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kaːhuʃaːwa]

Proper noun

Kaajushawa

Synonym of Odo'sha (“evil brother of Wanadi, Devil”)

Usage notes

According to Guss, ‘although interchangeable, “Odosha” is the general name for all the evil and negative forces of the universe, whereas “Kahu” or “Kahushawa” is the secret, specific name of the devil himself.’ Other sources treat the two terms as equivalent.

References

Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎^[1], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 30 et passim: “Kaajushawa”
Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 392: “kahu:shawa 'devil' […] kahu:shawa - devils”
Hall, Katherine (2007) “kahūšawa”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Kahu (also Kahushawa)”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 54, 229